Dubai, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Consulate in Dubai will on Saturday celebrate the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the Non-Resident Indians (NRI) Day Convention, in a virtual format due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic….
By Rahul Kumar New Delhi, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The extraordinary situation that engulfed Washington after thousands of President Donald Trumps supporters, egged on by his speech, rioted in the US Capitol, made the day for…
By Arul Louis New York, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President-Elect Joe Biden’s pick to be associate attorney general, Vanita Gupta, has recalled her experience of racial bigotry as a four-year-old while she pledged her commitment…
By Arul Louis New York, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian flag was seen amid a sea of American and Trump flags in a footage, as well as images, of the violent protests at the US…
Washington, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian-American Republican Niraj Antani, who was elected to the Ohio state Senate from the 6th District, has been sworn in as a Senator, the media reported. Taking to Twitter on Monday,…
Abu Dhabi, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian expat won 20 million dirhams ($5,445,169) in the Big Ticket raffle held in Abu Dhabi, the media reported. Abdussalam NV, originally from Kerala and now resides in Muscat,…
Dubai, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Dubai-based Indian expat has broken the world record for the largest ‘Pop up Greetings Card’ record, the media reported on Saturday. Ramkumar Sarangapani is currently the holder of the highest…
By Sumit Kumar Singh New Delhi, Dec 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the first time, the Indian Army has appointed a major general rank officer to look into the human rights issue and suggest means to better…
Dubai, Dec 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expat has been jailed in Dubai for six months after he was charged for forging his employer’s signature at least 47 times over two years…
By Arul Louis New York, Dec 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A federal court has permanently shut down a US-based computer scam that preyed on elderly Americans using call centre operators in India resulting in losses of hundreds…
New York, Dec 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President-elect Joe Biden has named Aisha Shah, a former staffer in his campaign, as the partnerships manager for his White House Office of Digital Strategy. Her bio, with the…
Dubai, Dec 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Consulate General of India in Dubai announced that it will host a monthly breakfast for expat workers at their accommodations as part of a new community outreach programme. In a…
Abu Dhabi, Dec 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian expats from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, who are currently stranded in United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic-induced travel restrictions, are set to get free…
By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Dec 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Another Indo-Canadian man has been arrested and charged in connection with Indian call centre scams targeting Canadians. Abhinav Bector, 25, of Brampton, Toronto, has been charged with fraud…
Abu Dhabi, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian boy has created a Guinness World Record for identifying the most aeroplane tails in a minute, a media report said on Thursday. The 12-year-old…
New York, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Basketball Association (NBA) League of the US has got its first-ever full time Indian-origin referee in Suyash Mehta. In an official announcement made by the league, Mehta was…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Dec 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gautam Raghavan, who was named by US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday as the Deputy Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, is a prominent member of…
Dubai, Dec 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) An unemployed Indian expat from Kerala, who lost his job in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, won $1 million at the Dubai Duty Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire Draw, a media…
By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Dec 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s “Funny Boy” has been rejected for Oscar nomination in the best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards. The filmmaker has co-written…
Washington, Dec 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has appointed Indian-American Vedant Patel as the Assistant President Secretary. The announcement was made by the Biden-Harris transition team on Friday. According to a post…